Safe Route to School Grant Program Sidewalk Project

The Florida Safe Route to School Program helps communities fund projects to improve their transportation needs and encourage more students to walk or bike to school. The Safe Route to School program focuses on children in grades kindergarten through high school with projects that are pedestrians and bicyclists oriented.

2014 Safe Route To School Grant Program

As part of the 2014 Safe Route to School Grant Program, the Florida Department of Transportation will be funding approximately $508,000 worth of sidewalk improvements in the City of Hollywood

Improvements will take place in the neighborhoods bound by Fletcher Street to the South, Washington Street to the North, S. 29th Avenue to the West and S. 24th Avenue to the East.

Construction is expected to begin in Summer of 2018.

Project Scope

The project consists of approximately 13,140 linear feet of new 5-foot wide concrete sidewalks to fill in missing links along 25 different blocks of City streets within proximity of Colbert Elementary School and McNichol Middle School.

New Sidewalk Locations are as follows:

Dewey Street: 28th Ave to 29th Ave – North side of street
Dewey Street: 26th Ave to 28th Ave – South side of street

Funston Street: 26th Ave to 29th Ave – North side of street
Fletcher Street: 24th Ave to 25th Ave – North side of the street
Rodman Street: 28th Ave to 29th Ave – North side of street
Mayo Street: 28th Ave to 29th Ave – North side of street

Plunkett Street: 28th Ave to 29th Ave – North side of street
Plunkett Street: 27th Ave to 25th Ave – South side of street

Wiley Street: 26th Ave to 25th Ave – South side of the street
Wiley Street: 29th Ave to 26th Ave – North side of street
Wiley Court: 26th Ave to 24th Ave – North side of the street

24th Avenue: Pembroke Road to Fletcher St – West side of street
24th Avenue: Fletcher St to Rodman St – East side of street
25th Avenue: Mayo St to Plunkett St – West side of street
27th Avenue: Funston St to Dewey St – Both sides of street
27th Avenue: Fletcher St to Plunkett St – East side of street

2016 Safe Route to School Grant Program

As part of the 2016 Safe Route to School Grant Program, the Florida Department of Transportation will be funding approximately $517,000 worth of sidewalk improvements in the City of Hollywood.

The scope of this project consists of approximately 13,225 linear feet of new 5-foot wide concrete sidewalks to fill in missing links along 26 different blocks of City streets within the North Central Neighborhood. The project area is within the proximity of Avant Garde Academy of Broward School, Oakridge Elementary School, Beachside Montessori School and Dowdy Field. The construction timeframe of this project has not yet been determined, however, the awarded Florida Department of Transportation reimbursable funds will be available in Fiscal Year 2020.

New Proposed Sidewalk Locations are as follows:

Wilson Street: Alley west of Dixie Highway to 26th Avenue-North side of street
Roosevelt Street: Alley west of Dixie Highway to 23rd Avenue-South side of street
Cleveland Street: Alley west of Dixie Highway to 24 Avenue-South side of street
Arthur Street: Alley west of Dixie Highway to 22nd Avenue-South side of street
Arthur Street: 22nd Avenue to 24th Avenue-North side of street
Garfield Street: Alley west of Dixie to 26th Avenue-South side of street
Hayes Street: 22nd Avenue to 24th Avenue-North side of street
Hayes Street: 24th Avenue to 25th Avenue-South side of street
Hayes Street: 25th Avenue to 26th Avenue-North side of street
Grant Street: 22nd Avenue to 26th Avenue-North side of street
22nd Avenue: Taft Street to Wilson Street-West side of street
25th Avenue: Johnson Street to Wilson Street-East side of street